Janet Mock

Contributing Editor and Columnist

Janet Mock is a writer, TV host, and advocate whose bestselling memoir, Redefining Realness, told her inspiring story of growing up as a transgender girl. Her latest book, Surpassing Certainty, centers on her unique twenties experience. With a master’s in journalism from New York University, the Honolulu native began her career as an editor at People.com, produced the HBO documentary The Trans List, and hosts the pop culture interview podcast Never Before.